Tiffany Haddish recently appeared on the TV show “The 1999” and told a surprising story about her early struggles in Hollywood. “Play Spades” A podcast with Nick Cannon and Courtney Bee.
The 44-year-old actress revealed that during her financially tough times before she became famous, she sold used underwear on Craigslist, claiming that it belonged to actress Halle Berry.
“I told them my name was Rosalinda and I used to be Halle Berry’s housekeeper. [had] “If anyone wants to buy, give me some of her dirty panties,” she recalled.
She later admitted that the underwear she sold was in fact her own, and not Berry’s.
“I made $300. I was literally selling my panties on Craigslist,” the Bad Boys 4: Ride or Die actress added.
Haddish is known for being outspoken in interviews, and in June she spoke about her November 2023 arrest for drunk driving during an episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Haddish was arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly falling asleep at the wheel and was charged with two misdemeanor counts, but accepted a plea deal in February that saw the charges dropped.
Haddish has pleaded not guilty to the charges in “Wet Reckless.”
“Jimmy, I’m tired. I do a lot of stuff,” Haddish told host Jimmy Kimmel.
The incident happened the day after Thanksgiving, after a full day of volunteering and a family dinner. Haddish said in the interview that she woke up at 5 a.m. to work out, cook collard greens, take a shower, then spent the whole day feeding homeless people, about 3,000 people, at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
She said that after she delivered food to her aunt’s house, she received a call from a “rich friend” asking if she had any food left as they had nothing to eat, and so she ended up delivering more food.
“Now I’ve learned a valuable lesson: I should have Ubered it or had someone give it to me,” Haddish said, “but I wanted to transport it myself.” [an] “I went because there was an opportunity to talk about business. I had been drinking and was very sleepy.”
“I have a Tesla. … The way it works, it makes you sleepy, closes your eyes too much, makes your head spin. [is] “When my car shook … I pulled over and parked my car so I could call for help,” she added. “It saved my life.”
In other recent news, Haddish faced criticism after posting a TikTok video of her visit to a grocery store in Zimbabwe.
In the video, she expresses her amazement at the store’s size and selection, saying, “A grocery store! It’s beautiful. Look at this grocery store. It’s huge! Really huge. Africa, baby. Trust me.”
“It doesn’t smell, they sell sodas, there’s alcohol on the walls, they have a frozen food section, and unlike Japanese grocery stores, they actually sell food,” she added.
The video was quickly criticised by social media users, who called Haddish’s response to the store “ignorant” and the video “misguided”.
Critics slammed the comedian as ignorant and insensitive, suggesting her response was misguided.
A user on X (formerly Twitter) re-shared part of the video with the caption, “Tiffany Haddish is amazed that there are grocery stores in Africa…? What’s wrong with these people?” Haddish quickly responded, Responded To defend her actions.
“I’m an American, and a black person, and for years I’ve been saying that people are starving in Africa and showing pictures of babies with flies in them,” she wrote to X. “I’ve told crazy stories about people killing each other and there being wars every day.”
She also explained that the purpose of her visit to Zimbabwe was to clear up misconceptions and expose the reality of life there.
“I asked my black friends to come with me but they were scared. Then I came here and learned the truth and tears flowed. The media lies. I wanted to share because I know there are Americans who think Africans have nothing.”
“If you had shown the entire video you would have seen that I am saying that I am demystifying the bulls we have been told and shown in America,” she wrote.
